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JOB TITLE: Distinguished, Software Engineer - Machine Learning
As a Distinguished, Software Engineer - Machine Learning, you will join the AdTech Measurement and Reporting team to lead the design and development of scalable, cloud-native AI-powered systems. You will build a suite of measurement solutions from zero to one, including incrementality, attribution, data cleanroom measurement, and GenAI-powered reporting. Your daily work involves translating strategic objectives into robust technical solutions, conducting design reviews, and troubleshooting production issues for a multi-billion-dollar digital advertising business. You will utilize technologies including Spark streaming, Flink, Kafka, RAY, BigQuery, Druid, and Cassandra. Core skills include implementing transformer-based models, real-time inference on GPU infrastructure, and leveraging ML libraries like PyTorch and CUDA. You will apply statistical methods and GenAI techniques like RAG and fine-tuning to solve complex AdTech problems.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214500 from 1223 postings across 78 companies.
Design and develop scalable, cloud-native AI-powered systems for real-time data processing.
Solve large-scale AdTech problems using ML models and statistical methods.
Lead platform development for measurement solutions including incrementality, attribution, and GenAI reporting.
Define technical direction and conduct design reviews for engineering teams.
Align technical strategy with business goals by partnering with leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
Troubleshoot production issues by identifying root causes and formulating action plans.
Maintain online documentation for technical issues and resolution processes.
What we're looking for
Must have a Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area and 6 years of experience.
Alternatively, must have 8 years of experience in software engineering or a related area.
Must have 10+ years of experience in ML and data intensive platform development.
Must have 4+ years of experience as a staff+ level technical lead.
Must have experience implementing statistical and machine learning methods for data classification, regression, ranking, and/or recommendation.
Must have experience implementing transformer-based model training and real-time inference on GPU backed infrastructure.
Must have experience working in AdTech measurement with demonstrated knowledge of the AdTech business.
Preferred: PhD in data mining, data management, machine learning, operation research, GenAI, or statistics (preferred).
Python
C++
PyTorch
CUDA
GPU Kernel Optimization
Distributed Training
Data Pipelines
Inference Serving
Computer Architecture
Model Deployment
Data Ingestion
Profiling
Debugging
Claude
Python
C++
PyTorch
CUDA
GPU Kernel Optimization
Distributed Training
Data Pipelines
Inference Serving
Computer Architecture
Model Deployment
Data Ingestion
Profiling
Debugging
Claude